Mentor Schools accepted into League of Innovative Schools

Digital Promise, a national nonprofit that aims to boost innovation in education, announced March 24 that Mentor Public Schools was one of nine new members of its League of Innovative Schools.
The league serves its members as a professional learning network and an incubator for innovative educational practices, according to the Digital Promise press release announcing the Spring 2014 members.
“We are excited to join the League of Innovative Schools and for the opportunity it brings to work collaboratively with other districts that are using blended learning to reshape what teaching and learning looks like across the country,” Mentor Superintendent Matt Miller said in the release.
“This is an exciting time in education as this important instructional shift to include the use of technology is happening in our schools. Beyond the curriculum, we are giving students the tools to become self-directed, life-long learners,” he added.
The league has only one other member from Ohio, Reynoldsburg City Schools in suburban Columbus, according to Digital Promise’s website.
The other members accepted into the Spring 2014 class of the league include: Department of Defense Education Activity Kaiserslautern District, Kaiserslautern, Germany; Highline Public Schools, Burien, Wash.; Knox County Schools, Knoxville, Tenn.; Lexington County School District One, Lexington, S.C.; Pascack Valley Regional High School District, Montvale, N.J.; Richland School District Two, Columbia, S.C.; Rowan-Salisbury Schools, Salisbury, N.C.; and South Fayette Township School District, McDonald, Pa.
With the new class of schools, the league has a membership of 46 school districts and education agencies in 25 states, which represent nearly 3 million students.

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